La Llorona and Chicano/a Gothic: Societal Implications, Interpretations, and Relativity to CHST332 Literature

With my final project I decided to focus my research around La Llorona and its relativity to both the gothic as well as the Chicano/a culture(s). Being that the folktale of La Llorona is widely known and used still to … Continue reading

Medea and the Patriarchy (on Tanya Gonzales’s “The (Gothic) Gift of Death”)

“Indeed, Moraga allows her play to speak back to the many versions of the tale that only replicate false notions that a woman would sacrifice a child to simply spite a partner: ‘The official version was a lie…Who would kill … Continue reading

Infanticide: Insanity or Self-defense?

When first reading The Hungry Women, and Medea’s character, we are quick to judge that Medea is simply an unstable, delirious mother who ultimately kills her son out of anger and abnormal psychological behavior toward her ex-husband. As infanticide seems … Continue reading